Brandane
Legendary Member
Most Road Traffic legislation refers to "motor vehicles" though. It is a bit of a minefield as to where a bicycle sits in all of this. You obviously don't want very young children on bicycles being told that they can't use the pavement. Common sense has to play a part in enforcement, whatever the law says, but unfortunately there are law enforcers with very limited amounts of common sense; just the same as there are cyclists who can't differentiate between cycling on a deserted pavement running alongside a trunk road out in the middle of nowhere with no pedestrians - and a busy city centre pavement at rush hour!I thought it came from the Highway Code and presumably the relevant acts behind it? I'm sure the Highway Code refers to a bicycle as a vehicle as the No Vehicles sign applies to bikes.